BMC Surgery

Table 3 Complications in different groups

From: BMI and pelvimetry help to predict the duration of laparoscopic resection for low and middle rectal cancer

Complications	Surgery type		P value
Complications	SOT (n = 109)	LOT (n = 105)	P value
Pulmonary infection	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	1.000^a
Pelvic infection	2 (1.8)	0 (0)	0.498^a
Postoperative ileus	3 (2.8)	2 (1.9)	1.000^a
Anastomotic bleeding	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	1.000^a
Anastomotic leakage	3 (2.8)	10 (9.5)	0.047^a
Total	10 (9.2)	12 (11.4)	0.587^b

LOT long operative time; SOT short operative time
^aFisher’s exact test
^bχ² test

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